So
now we have the wrapping paper as it would appear turned into two
gift bags which are now ready to be filled with goodies. I have to
be honest and say that I am very pleased with the way that this
pattern has evolved and I like the look of the design when used for
this purpose.

I
think the directional properties, which are quite obvious in the
design, make the gift bags look all the more attractive and invite
the recipient to look inside.

Although
the original roots of this project and its colouring are mid-century,
the pattern has come a long way when used as a Belle Epoque 2 design
and this does make me want to create more designs like this.

If you wish, you can also see larger versions of this and, of course, my other designs and patterns for interiors on my Flickr page, a link to which is here.

I
suppose I need hardly comment that this is a Belle Epoque 2 pattern
intended for wrapping paper and is designed to have a bold and
directional look.

The
motives are simply taken from my collection of mid-century motifs and
bear a resemblance to those that could have been used in the 1950s.
The colouring, too, is taken from my extended British palette that
would have been in use during the mid-century years in the United
Kingdom.

I
intend to turn this into wrapping paper and my initial thoughts are
that, with its directional properties, it would make an excellent
paper from which to construct gift bags.

If you wish, you can also see larger versions of this and, of course, my other designs and patterns for interiors on my Flickr page, a link to which is here.

After
I had finished the previous post where I had created the set showing
the carpet in the living room of a conventional house, I began to
think about the scale that I had used. In fact, I began to wonder
how the carpet would look at a smaller scale.

Following
some experimentation, I decided to use my old stairs design which was
originally created for the 1966 house project several years ago and
which I recently bought up-to-date with the express intention of
using it as a carpet set.

The
result is the image above where you see the design as carpet used
both on the floor and on the stairs. Here it is used at a slightly
tighter scale where it loses the free flow but still looks extremely
good although, it has to be said, it does lose something of my vision
for Belle Epoque 2. However, the purpose of making interior surface
patterns is to produce a design which looks good however it is used
and enhances and beautifies the interior space which I believe this
does. It was also a fun project to make which makes it all the more
rewarding to do!

If you wish, you can also see larger versions of this and, of course, my other designs and patterns for interiors on my Flickr page, a link to which is here.

As
I explained in the previous post this pattern is not quite Belle
Epoque 2 because of the way that it is constructed but it was
interesting to see how it works as a carpet where the requirement is
for it to flow across the surface without looking too interrupted.

The
set is a simple one with just a sofa and a carpet fitted to the
contours of the room and at the scale shown, which is larger than I
would usually use for Belle Epoque 2, the carpet does flow across the
room highlighting the dimensions and enhancing the look.

The
colours are mid-century from my extended palette and give a solid,
interesting look to the space which I am sure would allow the
interesting use of contrast in the final interior design.

If you wish, you can also see larger versions of this and, of course, my other designs and patterns for interiors on my Flickr page, a link to which is here.

This
design has all the elements of Belle Epoque 2 from the way that it is
constructed although, it has to be said, it is different from most of
the other patterns in this series that I have posted so far. The
design is constructed to allow for the motif to flow from one to
another and so, to an extent, this destroys the idea of the fast
repeat since this becomes much less obvious.

However,
having said that, it still does have most of the elements that make
Belle Epoque 2 looks so good. With the good looks, it was designed
for use as an interior soft furnishing design although it is possible
that I may decide to use it as a carpet texture because I have a
feeling that it would excel in this role.

The
design is constructed using basic elements that look, on the face of
it, quite mid-century while the colouring, too, is from the same
period. At the scale shown, the pattern looks quite together
although at a smaller scale it does begin to look more like a Belle
Epoque 2 design as the repeat becomes more obvious.

If you wish, you can also see larger versions of this and, of course, my other designs and patterns for interiors on my Flickr page, a link to which is here.

I
have to admit to being a little, or maybe a lot, conservative in my
choice of upholstery fabric which reflects the type of material that
was available and was used mid-century to cover sofas and chairs.
This does not reflect the modern ideas of using much bolder and much
more colourful material for soft furnishing which is why I decided to
use the Belle Epoque 2 designs as sofa fabric.

Although
I created the design with the intention of using the pattern at a
small scale, perhaps smaller than that shown on the swatch which I
posted yesterday, I have now had to have a change of heart. At a
small scale this pattern looks bitty and quite out of place as a sofa
fabric pattern. But at a larger scale the sofa becomes alive and it
begins to look larger and much more comfortable than it did before.

To
be honest, I am not completely sure that I like a fabric this light
on a sofa and I do not think that I would be the first to rush out
and buy one. However this is the sort of look that I see in interior
magazines that I view each month so maybe it is right. Maybe you
will like this, maybe you are more modern than am I.

If you wish, you can also see larger versions of this and, of course, my other designs and patterns for interiors on my Flickr page, a link to which is here.

When
I first had the idea of creating patterns that I call Belle Epoque 2
I had the feeling that they would, in addition to having a fast
repeat and a small-scale, be relatively complex in the motifs that
are used. In the event, I now realise, my patterns, although
following my ideas, our less complex than I had at first visualised
and, to an extent, more open in their layout that I had intended.

Of
course, it is difficult to suddenly change the way that one works
although I intend to try and do this with future patterns but this
design demonstrates very well, I think, where I am in the design
process at the moment. It is a small motif at a relatively
small-scale although the result is to produce something that is quite
open and does not have the contrasting colour but I had hoped would
be a feature of my new Belle Epoque 2.

However,
the pattern is created and I want you to be able to see it and so I
have created this swatch and I will use this for soft furnishing and
perhaps try and think about what I have said above to help steer me
in my future surface pattern designs.

If you wish, you can also see larger versions of this and, of course, my other designs and patterns for interiors on my Flickr page, a link to which is here.